Gunnar Nilsson vs Mario Andretti, 1976

Teammates at Lotus-Borgward — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1976 season, Gunnar Nilsson and Mario Andretti competed as teammates at Lotus-Borgward across 14 races. Andretti outqualified Nilsson 10 times and finished ahead of him in 2 out of 4 classified races. Andretti secured 22 championship points and 1 race win, while Nilsson earned 11 points and had 0 wins, with both drivers achieving 2 podium finishes.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.

4–10Qualifyingof 14 compared

2–2Race finishesof 4 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1976 season

Races together

Points

Wins

Podiums

Best finish

13.7

Average grid

8.9

7.0

Average finish

5.0

Did not finish

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